Impulse 150PoE - Manual (Page 17)

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SL9049 - 03/2011
eI/O Manual 17
The SeaMAX Suite is a collection of configuration/diagnostic utilities and software libraries that
enable rapid application development. The SeaMAX API, included in the SeaMAX Suite, provides a
common API for Sealevel eI/O and SeaDAC data acquisition modules. SeaMAX is designed to
simplify application development by requiring little knowledge of the underlying communication
protocols of these devices and replacing low-level programming. SeaMAX is available in an
unmanaged library and a wrapper library that provides an interface to the API from managed code.
The following libraries and utilities are included in the SeaMAX Suite and are covered in this
chapter:
 MaxSSD Configuration & Diagnostics utility
 Ethernet Config utility
 SeaMAX API
 SeaMAX .NET API
The SeaMAX API documentation, installed with SeaMAX, explains the usage and API references,
including function calls and enumerations. Sealevel digital and analog I/O modules supported by
SeaMAX software are designed to work with third party applications via the SeaMAX API. To help
simplify application development, the complete API documentation and code samples are
automatically installed with the SeaMAX Suite and can be found in Windows by clicking Start  All
Programs  Sealevel Systems  SeaMAX  Documentation. For convenience, Sealevel offers a PDF
version of the
SeaMAX manual on our website. Example code is also included for several popular
languages and compilers.
Please contact Sealevel technical support with any questions regarding SeaMAX documentation:
Phone: (864) 843-4343
Email:
[email protected]
Sealevel eI/O modules are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing Modbus/TCP networks.
The supported command set will vary depending on the eI/O model number used. Specialized
diagnostic commands and other RTU specific codes are not supported. An overview of the Modbus
specification for TCP connections is covered in detail in the interactive documentation located on
the Sealevel website at
http://www.sealevel.com/software/SeaMAX/
The official Modbus specification can be found at http://www.modbus.org .